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Reuben Poirier

Reuben Poirier

Posted: 4 Dec 2013 1:48AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Poirier/Perry
Is there anywhere to find St. Pierre et Miquelon baptism records online? My great-great-great grandfather was Reuben Perry (anglicized)...originally, I believe to be Urbain Poirier...born October 1839. I've been told he was originally from St Pierre et Miquelon and moved to Newfoundland. I can't find anything in the records to indicate who his parents were or where he came from. Does anything know where I should look? Tks!

Re: Reuben Poirier

Posted: 8 Dec 2013 3:22AM GMT
Classification: Query
Where and when was your 3x great-grandfather married? and to whom?

Re: Reuben Poirier

Posted: 8 Dec 2013 3:28AM GMT
Classification: Query
He was married in Corner Brook, Newfoundland....not sure of exact date. He married Elizabeth Brake. He changed his name to Reuben Perry.

Re: Reuben Poirier

Posted: 9 Dec 2013 1:44AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 9 Dec 2013 1:45AM GMT

Hi Dora,

I don't know where the birth data comes from but your Urbain Poirier was more probably Urbain, the son of Simon Poirier (son of Joseph & Euphrosine Deveau) and Edesse Cormier (daughter of Pierre & Felicité LeBlanc) who married at Cheticamp, NS on 16 Nov 1831.

Urbain was born at the Magdalen Islands, QC (not St-Pierre and Miquelon!) on 23 May 1844, and moved with his family to Sandy Point, NL. Among his siblings were: Dominique m Brigitte Alexandre; Marguerite m Eugene Bourgeois; Felicité m Ambroise Gallant; Louise m Victor Cormier (all married at Sandy Point). Two sisters remained at the Magdalen Islands: Euphrosine m Charles Chevarie; and Luce m Remi Deveau.

Simon Poirier (his father) remarried at Sandy Point on 12 Nov 1852 to Eugenie (Virginie Jane) Quirk, and had a number of children from this second marriage.

Hope this helps and hope it's the correct Urbain, as I know of no Urbain Poirier from St-Pierre and Miquelon who settled in Newfoundland.

Dennis

Re: Reuben Poirier

Posted: 9 Dec 2013 1:54AM GMT
Classification: Query
Thanks for the detailed message. I have thought this may be him as well. I am just confused, as the census records when he lived in Corner Brook list his birthday as October 1839....not May 1844. This birth date was used in several sources I have found. The only thing I can think is be changed his birthdate, or maybe he didn't know his own birthdate and made one up? I looked through St. Pierre records as well and haven't found a thing. This is the only person I can imagine it would be. Just such confusion over the birth dates.

Re: Reuben Poirier

Posted: 9 Dec 2013 2:39AM GMT
Classification: Query
I know, I too quibbled about his birth before sending you this information. Actually, his sister Luce was born in Cheticamp Nov 1838, and a brother Pierre-Eusebe also there in Dec 1839. Your Urbain is the second of that name, another Urbain was born at the Magdalens in Sep 1842, but must have died young, as your Urbain was named the same although born in 1844. Back in those times, people didn't actually remember when they were born (if illiterate). Ages weren't important to them as well. He could well have picked a birthdate and stuck to it in several of the records you have seen.

In any event, this is the closest one I could find, whose family situation of moving to Newfoundland fit. As I said in my post, this could "possibly" be him. There weren't that many Poiriers who settled in Newfoundland. You could also write to/e-mail the Société St-Pierre (they speak English) in Cheticamp and see if they have another one that may be closer in age/year to yours. Their e-mail is genealogie.cheticamp@lestroispignons.com

As for Miquelon, there are a bunch of years missing at the French Overseas archives, including 1839, but I doubt his birth being there as I have never seen an Urbain Poirier born there in any censuses close to that time.

Re: Reuben Poirier

Posted: 9 Dec 2013 3:19AM GMT
Classification: Query
Thanks! I'll send some messages and see what else I can find. I'm guessing it was him too. Although in his death record his place of birth is listed as St. Georges, NL. It would make sense for Simon and Edesse to be his parents as he name his children a lot of the same names as his siblings (Marguerite, Felicite, Maxime, etc). In the St Pierre records, I didn't see one person named Urbain....so it must not have been as popular a name, as I noticed it was used a lot amongst the Acadian in Cape Breton area. For now i'll assume it's him and see what else I can find. Thanks a lot for your help! :)
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